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Asseveration

//əˌsɛv.əˈɹeɪ.ʃən// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An earnest affirmation; a declaration of support. countable, uncountable

    "[…] no man is believ’d a jot the more for all the Aſſeverations, Damnings and Swearings he makes: […]"

  2. 2
    a declaration that is made emphatically (as if no supporting evidence were necessary) wordnet

Etymology

From Latin assevērātiō, from assevērō.

See also for "asseveration"

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